Canoeing
the Culham Trail (Creek)The
Culham Trail becomes the Culham Creekand
a fine place to canoe!

*** I Canoed the Culham
Trail Tee Shirts can be ordered ***

For years the
Culham Trail would has sections of it wash out and have to be replaced,
a great taxpayers expense. The City took no notice from those who
brought this to their attention, so in 1997 we observe that the Culham
Trail had washed out and decided to do something about it.

So in Jan. 1997
we started to write letters and take pictures of just how bad, bad really
was.

This picture
was taken in 1995. At a bend in the Credit River and in the spring
floods, the Credit River washes over the banks on to the Culham Trail,
seen in the foreground. The Culham Trail is most just a limestone
road way that started out as the maintenance road for the sewer pipes that
run close by.

The submerged
Culham Trail is on the right of the picture and at the top is where it
takes a left and goes along side the Credit River, seen in picture before.
The River is to the right and clearly it is pouring on to the Culham Trail
from many points and in great volume.

Still farther
down the Culham Creek. Showing that it is not a small section being
washed away. Remember at this time it was still open to the public!

The Culham
Trail/Creek takes a jog to the right at the top of the picture to the straight
section seen in above picture. Here the Culham Creek is turning into
the forest and washing the "Culham Trail" into it. Tons and tons
of limestone.

The aftermath,
looking south on the straight section. The Culham Trail washed out
and it was left open to the public till we complained about the safety
hazard it was. Even after the water level had fallen to the point
that the Credit River was not washing over the banks, water was seen to
be flowing in the Culham Creek. Likely from an underground source.

Further north
than in the other pictures, in a different section, to show that more than
one part of the Culham Trail can wash out in the spring. This just
below the 403 bridge. We would like to know
just how much these repairs cost taxpayers, years after year
but the City is not saying.

Our efforts
resulted in the Culham Trail being moved.

Many people
call the Culham Trail, Ex-Councillor Culham's legacy. Well I hope
it is turns out not to be as costly a liability as it has begun.